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Mask or no mask? That was the question Vice President Mike Pence found himself asking senators before the ceremonial swearing-in ceremonies...

The House on Sunday elected Nancy Pelosi as speaker for the 117th Congress, which is expected to be her last term with the gavel. All but fi...

The new Congress convened on Sunday, but it will take days, perhaps even weeks, to determine which party will control the Senate after polls...

The House rules package for the 117th Congress, released Friday, would weaken a procedural tool of the minority, provide key exemptions to a...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that Catherine Szpindor will take over as the House chief administrative officer. She will be the firs...

The Senate voted 81-13 on Friday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill, marking a re...

The new rules package for the 117th Congress unveiled by House Democrats on Friday would grant a sweeping new exemption from deficit control...

Six decades after John F. Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic president, his political ascent still reverberates in the American elector...

For the Senate over the New Year’s holiday weekend, it will be out with the old and in with the new — to a point. There will be new senators...

Amid tensions surrounding the presidential election results, the Capitol Police plan to bolster security when Congress convenes in a joint s...

For the first time in American history, a woman will serve as House chaplain. Retired Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben was announced Thursday as...

Say goodbye to 2020 with our annual roundup of the biggest hits and misses in Congress. Sen. Mark Warner made a tuna sandwich, Rep. Alexandr...

The COVID-19 pandemic had already led the House to significantly alter its perfunctory opening day proceedings for the 117th Congress. But R...

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition is warning that a lack of cooperation from the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget...

Even as a House panel weighs a Democrat’s petition to count additional votes, Iowa Republican Rep.-elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks will be sw...

CQ Roll Call’s three award-winning photographers documented the year that was, from impeachment, the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter a...

Watch as Roll Call photographers Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman talk about some of their top photo picks of 2020. [Not sure w...

Rep.-elect Luke J. Letlow, a Louisiana Republican and former chief of staff to retiring Rep. Ralph Abraham, whom he was elected to succeed,...

The Senate could be in session straight through New Year’s Day if there is no agreement on taking up legislation the House passed on Monday...

The latest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, unveiled Tuesday by two federal agencies, leaves in place many prior recommendat...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked two Democratic attempts to approve a bill that would provide $2,000 tax rebate pay...

The century-old tradition of the post-inauguration lunch is the latest pandemic casualty as COVID-19 continues to upend the ceremonies aroun...

Republican Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler said Tuesday that they support $2,000 direct stimulus payments to most Americans, b...

House lawmakers voted 322-87 on Monday to override President Donald Trump’s pre-Christmas veto of the fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill...

House Republicans are headed for a difficult vote Monday night as they decide whether to back President Donald Trump’s request for a huge bo...